Waaaaaaaah! My DVD player broke! And in a weird way!

[Deja Q]

How weird is it?

It's so weird... it plays sound but not video.

I replaced the cable. no luck.

I moved the video cable from the DVD player to the VCR and the VCR displayed fine.

So the DVD player's gone bad.

I don't know why.

Once again: Waaaah! :cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. You are having a lousy month *hugs*

[Swede]

2. You may have set it on progressive scan.

Do you use video out or RBG to connect it?

[Deja Q]

4. Actually, by using s-video with a svideo-composite converter,

progressive scan WORKS (albeit in b&w only).

But prog. scan was off originally. :(

The whole setup is composite (video out/in)

[Spirochete]

3. You didn't accidentally move the switch

to component video or anything like that, did you? I did that once, and it took me a while to figure it out.

[Deja Q]

5. Nope. I triple checked and use the VCR to test the connections.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

6. Because DVD players are built cheaply

and durability is not built in. (Open the case if you don't believe me-- it's a circuit board, some cheap plastic gearing, and a lot of air. That's why they sell players for less than forty bucks now.)

[quisp]

7. I'm so sorry for you...

but don't worry. DVD players are freakin' CHEAP. You can get one at target for $40.